linux-kernel - cpu frequency maximized even for a niced job w/ v2.6.29-rc3

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Message-Id: <200902071130.10463.toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
Date:	Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:30:10 +0100
From:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: cpu frequency maximized even for a niced job w/ v2.6.29-rc3

I'm wondering, why my ThinkPad T41 goes from 600 MHz to 1.7 GHz if I run this 
job :

$> while [[ true ]]; do nice -3 factor 273244676154386297; done

under v2.6.29-rc3-562-geda58a8.

Former version stays at min frequency (600 MHz).

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Toralf Förster
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